Charged with 2-3 games, what are the chances he gets a max of 2 games fresh and ready for the Semi?

egp available, he'll get 1 game i reckon

just shows what a farce our disciplinary panel is! o'loughlin clothes lines a wakey player and gets off with 1 or 2 games paea v cas got two for a nothing tackle last season

Wigan will have already done the spade work it will already be agreed 2 game ban he will know already what he's getting the RFL are a joke and have no credibility in anyone's eyes least of all the coaches owners who run the game

To be fair , he has never been sent off in super league so in that case any longer than 2 games would be harsh (although at times with the number of head high shots he makes then he has been lucky not to get a red before now )

To be honest, let him play against us. He is a complete liability. The amount of penalties he gave away when we beat them at the DW was ridiculous

If he takes the egp he will automatically get 2 games. He has a fantastic disciplinary record, never sent off and only sin binned once in 13 years. It's the disciplinary hearing panel that will set the ban, not the review panel, but somehow I suspect he'll just plead guilty and put his feet up ready for the semi final, I know I would.

He'll probably pick up an injury putting his feet up

A lot of moaning on twitter about this. Would anyone say it was intentional tho? If not then he's been charged with the maximum he can be. I personally think it was just very reckless.

The reason I say 1 game ban is because he was sent off

the review panel will take that into consideration

Think the wajey lad should cop a big ban tnh , throwing his kneck onto lockers arm like that was disgusting.

Joking aside it was a terrible cowardly assault

grade c charge-pleaded guilty 1 game!

whilst i predicted this its still a farce and shows how the disciplinary panel is bent as a 9 bob note

Ah Van got 5 games for a tackle that was not as bad and not as intentional.
Pretty typical tbh, it was this type of head strike that the RFL banned shoulder charges for, it's ridiculous that the severe end of the scale like this is punished in such a fashion

Entirely predictable. Ben Flower's reduction in tariff sets the Wigan precedent.

Justice has been served

Not worth even arguing about as

It's not going to change and the inconsistency of the RFL is one of the factors that are ruining the game

And

This type of thread will just attact knobs like Gareth.

How very rude!

Of course the exlempary record exists largely as a result of his and his club's inflated status which prevents on and off field officials penalising or citing him for his many misdemeanours , notably high shots , which other players are done for as a matter of course. It stinks and is laughable. It was a bad tackle and his status in fact warrants him being made an example of to ensure the right message is put out to "lesser" players and the process is seen to be fair.

Make your mind up......

on the Wakefield forum.

Justice has been served in him only getting a 1 game ban.......

Too True, Now he can play the semi and no excuses can be given if Hull win.

Chris Annakin will now miss the rest of the season due to O'Loughlin's "tackle"

He should have got 3-4 matches for that it was reckless . RFL inconsistency again which frustrates fans .